Garment for infants



Feb. 22, w49.

N. v. CONDQN 2,462,165

GARMENT FOR INFANTS Filed Deo. 28, 1945 v Patented Feb. 22, 1949 UNITED STATES Zaans 1 Claim.

rlihis invention relates generally to garments and refers more particularly to an improved garment for infants.

`@ne of the objects of this invention is. to provide a. garment. which notY only greatly simplifies and facilitates dressing and undressingj an infant but, in addition,` maintains the body of the infant completely covered without restricting free; movementv of the limbs.

'Another object of this invention is to provide a garment comprising a combined shirt and robe permanently attached so that the shirt protects the upper portion of the body, including the arms, without binding or restricting movement of the arms.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a garment of the above general type wherein the shirt opens from the neck receiving portion to the bottom and wherein opposite edge portions of the opening are attached throughout their length to the opposite edge portions of a corresponding opening in the robe so that a single fastener will suce for both openings.

A further feature of this invention is to provide a combination garment of the type set forth in the preceding paragraph wherein the opening in the robe terminates intermediate the ends of the latter and has a length approximating the average length of infants. As a result, the infant may be readily dressed by merely placing the infant on the open portion of the garment and closing the opening after the arms of the infant are inserted in the sleeves. The above arrangement also facilitates changing whatever garments are necessary as the body of the infant is exposed by merely opening the garment.

The foregoing as well as other objects will be made more apparent as this description proceeds, especially when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view, partly in section, of an infants garment forming the subject matter of this invention;

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the garment showing the latter in its open position;

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of the garment shown in Figure l; and

Figure 4 is a sectional View taken on the line 4-4 of Figure l.

Referring now more in detail to the drawing, it will be noted that the reference character Il) indicates an infants garment comprising a robe I I and a shirt I2. Any suitable material may be employed to form the garment I0 and, if desired, the shirt may be formed of a material different from the material employed to form thev robe. For example, the robe II may be formed of cotton, rayon or other synthetic materials, and the shirt. may be formed of a soft, warm material, such as wool.

Regardless the garment I3 and has sleeves of the material selected in forming It, the robei I. has aneck portion Ill. Thefsleeves may be of any suitable length or may be eliminated entirely. The robe is considerably longer. than the average length of an infant so as to project beyond the feet of the infant and may be either open or permanently closed at the bottom. In the present instance, the robe is open at the bottom and may be closed by a draw string I5. In the event sleeves are provided, they are preferably of sufcient length to project beyond the hands of the infant and are adapted to be closed by a draw string I6. As shown in Figure 2 of the drawing, the robe opens at the front from the neck por tion i3 to a point indicated by the reference character I1 and located intermediate the ends of the robe. The length of the opening is predetermined with respect to the average length of an infant so as to enable an infant to be placed full length on the open portion of the robe. This greatly facilitates dressing the infant and expedites changing whatever garments are necessary.

The robe I I is designed to fit the infant rather loosely and permits unrestricted movement of the infant. While this is highly desirable, nevertheless it is also essential to provide the necessary warmth for the infant and this is accomplished by designing the shirt I2 to fit the upper portion of the infant relatively closely. The shirt I2 has a neck receiving portion I8 and has sleeves I9. The sleeves i9 are extended into the sleeves i4 and are permanently attached at the shoulder to the sleeves I4. In this connection, attention is called to Figure 4 of the drawing wherein it will be noted that the attachment between the sleeves I4 and I9 is restricted to the line A at the top of the shoulder portions so that the shirt sleeves Iil may move freely relative to the robe sleeves I4. In some cases, it may be desirable to anchor the rear or back portion of the shirt I2 to the robe I I and this may be accomplished by the stitching, indicated by the reference character 29.

The shirt I2 is also open at the front from the neck receiving portion IB to the bottom of the shirt. This opening registers with the opening in the robe and the opposite edge portions 2| of the shirt are permanently stitched or otherwise secured throughout their length to the corresponding edge portions 22 of the robe. The edge portions are attached to enclose the infant in the garment by any suitable fastening means such, for example, as a zipper fastener 23. When using a zipper fastener, care is taken to terminate the fastener short of the neck receiving portion of the garment so that the zipper slide 24 will not contact with the neck of the infant.

In use, the garment is opened by moving the slide 24 of the fastener to its lowermost position, shown in Figure 2 of the drawing. This completely opens the front of the shirt l2 and partially opens the robe Il The length of the opening in the robe is sufficient, however, to accommodate the length of the infant so that when the upper portion of the garment is spread, as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing, an infant may be placed full length on the open portion of the garment. Thus, after the arms of the infant are inserted in the shirt sleeves I9, the infant is completely dressed by merely closing the fastener 23. When it becomes necessary to change the under garments of the infant, the fastener is merely opened and the change may be eiected without removing the garment.

What I claim as my invention is:

A garment for infants comprising a loose iitting robe having sleeves and having an opening vextending from the neck receiving portion to a point intermediate the ends thereof, a snug iitting shirt having sleeves extending into the sleeves of the robe and also having an opening extending from the neck receiving portion to the bottom thereof, means permanently securing the edge portions of the shirt at opposite sides of the opening to corresponding edge portions of the robe and for also securing the sleeves of the shirt to the sleeves of the rob at the top of the shoulder portions While leaving the remaining portions of the sleeves unattached to enable free movement of the shirt sleeves relative to the robe sleeves, and common fastening means for detachably connecting the free edge portions of the robe and shirt together.

NAOMI V. CONDON.

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